david_h wrote: ↑Fri Apr 30, 2021 2:32 amDo we know if a human chose those 15 and if so what the rejects where like?
I think it's safe to assume that a human did indeed choose the selection, for it was compiled for human amusement - and that the rejects will have been much on the order of Cthulhu's moggie (#7). From this sample alone, the actual percentages are anyone's guess. That there are convincing successes at all, including close calls, is, for me, more the point.
david_h wrote:I'm impressed by the technology but irritated by the media hype over AI. Does this 'intelligence' tell us anything about cats? Improve our understanding of them ? Could it tell us more about making images of cats than the artists who advertise 'paint your pet' services in the local vet's waiting room? I guess it could be a spin-off from something more useful (or maybe we need fake pictures of cats?).
Well, what I'm getting out of it isn't the verisimilitude of cat images, but the exponential increase in AI's capabilities. The implications far outstrip mere cat pics.
david_h wrote:Similarly (useful but off topic) do the AI systems that can match radiologists in recognizing things of concern in a screening X-ray tell radiologist anything new about X-ray interpretation - maybe they do but the media doesn't report it.
They do, and it does. My awareness of AI in medicine has come about solely from the news media. While the following isn't "media" as some might call it, it's being taken seriously:
https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2019 ... mitations/
As I understand, there are already cases where AI has made correct diagnoses that humans missed. That's a pretty important finding. I don't think it means AI is our savior, but it has proven to be an important tool if you have the means to use it.
david_h wrote:I'm all for computers helping us understand the world. Not convinced most AI, as presented by the media, does.
I think media presentation is aimed at poor dolts like myself who can't tell ham from a hemostat, but can nevertheless put two and two together. I'm now persuaded that the sum might, in time, be 5. It's both exciting and scary.
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